WCGC is an affiliate of U.S. Chess Federation, Hawaii Chess Federation, Chess Express, Inc and Amercian Go Assoiation. The chess/go club combines educational and social activities. Members come to play, to learn, and to get together with old friends and make new ones. The players, no matter what their level of skill, experience, or age - speak a common language, and one that is often not understood in other areas of a person's life. The rivalries are friendly; the friendships are competitive.

Sunday, December 30, 2007

North American Open 2007December 26-29, 2007Las Vegas, Nevada, USAOrganized by the Continental Chess Association

Over 600 players participated in the North American Open at Bally's Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas. Final standings for all sections are now posted as well as a pgn file of 60 games played in the Open Section at www.chesstournamentservices.com/nao. You can also find some games from this event at Monroi

Hawaii had several players; playing they were: Open Section, Robert Lau, Cornelius Rubsamen, Paul Iinuma, U2100Pablo D Pena, Ruben Ondangan Jr., U1900: Chet Gionson,U1700Sean K Lee, Guy P. Ontai,Garyk P Ontai,Beau Mueller, U1500: Tristan Kaonohi, Likeke Aipa,U1200: Irving Weber, you can see their results in the link above! Congrats to all of them as they played some very strong players from across the country and various countries and we hope to see more of them as well as myself playing in our local tournaments as well!

Five of the players are scholastic players, Robert played in the Open sectionSean & Garyk in the u1700 and Tristan and Likeke played in the U1500, all of them had their USCF ratings improved with their results as well as CXR ratings for some of them! Chet Gionson came in tied for 4th in the U1900 section, and Tristan Kaonohi came in tied for 2nd in the U1500 section, only lost was to the U1500 winner!

Reminder Hawaii's next scholastic chess tournament is January 21, at Washington Middle school, see www.hawaiichess.org for tournament details and entry form.

To see one of Cornelius Rubsamen, 2257 games see Monroi link against GM Melikset Khachiyan, 2594.